John Buckley
Confidential Informant Training - From us, ...

I was asked yesterday has to what makes confidential informant (Human Source) training provided by HSM Training different from other providers. I wasn’t quite sure where to start. Then it dawned on me that it doesn’t actually start with us, it starts with the customer and what they need. And what they need is not always what they want.

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Snitch City - a Boston Globe Podcast on confidential informants

I am currently listening to Snitch City a podcast from the Boston Globe and reporter Dugan Arnett. It is available where ever you get your podcasts. If you are interested in managing confidential informants (human sources) it is well worth a listen.

Informants making things up and police going along -Raleigh, North Carolina

Here is an update to story we have already discussed with informant management in Raleigh, NC, and the consequences for all involved. I thought it would be interesting to compare the consequences for some that were involved.

Human Sources (CHIS) domestic violence and managing risk

An interesting article from the BBC relating to the management of a Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS) (confidential informant) and the source’s alleged involvement in domestic violence. This case involves the security service (MI5) and a person they managed as an informant.

Informants, alleged corruption and systemic failures.

A report on a case we are following closely from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, about the trial of a former police officer and his relationship with a number of confidential informants. Allegations of consensual sexual relationships, rape and the supply of heroin to an informant are all in there. While the accused guilt of innocence is, for our purposes, academic, the allegations point to a systemic failure to manage informants safely.

Technology and the fight against informant corruption.

This article highlights two software solutions designed to prevent evidence tampering, with particular reference to the management of confidential informants.